No school today!
Enjoy, everyone!
-Katie
Monday, January 28, 2013
Sunday, January 27, 2013
It's Sunday?!
Well, the end of the week ended abruptly with our school closing early because of the snow, which was a nice surprise and got me home before too late on a Friday. :) I still spent a good hour or two putting together some activities for the 100th Day Of School and "grading" handwriting papers. I can only imagine the amount of time I'm going to be dedicating to student teaching over the next four months..!
I'm currently planning my first lesson to be observed by my supervisor during the first week of February. I'll be doing a math lesson on the 100th Day of School, and I think I'll be using this printable, having the students color 10 gumballs in each machine, and practicing skip counting to 100 by 10s:
(Courtesy of makinglearningfun.com)
I'm still trying to figure out how to make it some sort of "game" instead of them simply coloring the gumballs in. Ideas are welcome!
This week I begin taking over morning arrival, attendance, lunch count, folder check, and announcements in the morning. I will also be monitoring free play, snack time, and dismissal. Nothing too involved yet, but I've already learned there are always surprises in Kindergarten!
-Katie
I'm currently planning my first lesson to be observed by my supervisor during the first week of February. I'll be doing a math lesson on the 100th Day of School, and I think I'll be using this printable, having the students color 10 gumballs in each machine, and practicing skip counting to 100 by 10s:
I'm still trying to figure out how to make it some sort of "game" instead of them simply coloring the gumballs in. Ideas are welcome!
This week I begin taking over morning arrival, attendance, lunch count, folder check, and announcements in the morning. I will also be monitoring free play, snack time, and dismissal. Nothing too involved yet, but I've already learned there are always surprises in Kindergarten!
-Katie
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Where has the week gone?
Whew. I can't believe it's already Thursday night! I got home about 2 hours ago and haven't been able to force myself from the couch since. This week has gone incredibly quickly. Tuesday my first day went very well, as both I and the kids were excited for my first day back! Unfortunately I had to leave right after school to drive up to school for my 3 hour seminar course...and leave VERY early the next morning to get to school on time. I feel like I haven't been caught up on sleep since (although our 2-hour delay this morning did help some :) ). Wednesday-my second day-my supervisor came to do a check on the items in my binder, meet my coop, and get to know the school. And now tomorrow will be the last day of my first week! 1 down, 15 to go!
I've already been given a third of the class to work with during Kid Writing and centers, so I already feel very involved in the classroom. We've been talking about fact and opinion in our reading and writing, so this week we worked on writing facts we had learned about Martin Luther King Jr. We also focused a lot on what he believed in and made doves of peace, whose wings were cut-out outlines of each child's hands--very neat!
Something I'm struggling with at this point is classroom management. Although there are only 18 students in our class, a large number of them are impulsive and have very short attention spans. My coop teacher has said to me all along that this is one of the toughest classes she's ever had, and I can see why. I do not want to fall into the trap of only looking for activities that will be super exciting or over the top simply because I am trying to keep the students' attention all the time, so this is something I will be considering all semester.
Now I'm off to relax in front of the fire and get some homework (for my seminar) and school work (for Kindergarten) done...
-Katie
I've already been given a third of the class to work with during Kid Writing and centers, so I already feel very involved in the classroom. We've been talking about fact and opinion in our reading and writing, so this week we worked on writing facts we had learned about Martin Luther King Jr. We also focused a lot on what he believed in and made doves of peace, whose wings were cut-out outlines of each child's hands--very neat!
Something I'm struggling with at this point is classroom management. Although there are only 18 students in our class, a large number of them are impulsive and have very short attention spans. My coop teacher has said to me all along that this is one of the toughest classes she's ever had, and I can see why. I do not want to fall into the trap of only looking for activities that will be super exciting or over the top simply because I am trying to keep the students' attention all the time, so this is something I will be considering all semester.
Now I'm off to relax in front of the fire and get some homework (for my seminar) and school work (for Kindergarten) done...
-Katie
Monday, January 21, 2013
Tomorrow, Tomorrow..
Hey Everyone,
Tomorrow is my first day of student teaching, so I decided to create this blog to share some of my experiences, challenges, and triumphs with the blogging world, and hopefully gain some tips and good advice along the way!
I have already met my students and spent a week in the classroom with them, so I feel pretty comfortable with both them and the teacher. It's going to be a whole different ball game now that I have to do some actual work though, and I'm not just in there to observe and help out...
I will be in a Kindergarten classroom of 18 students at an elementary school in a small PA town, and I am so excited (and extremely nervous)! Fingers crossed for a great first day tomorrow :)
-Katie
Tomorrow is my first day of student teaching, so I decided to create this blog to share some of my experiences, challenges, and triumphs with the blogging world, and hopefully gain some tips and good advice along the way!
I have already met my students and spent a week in the classroom with them, so I feel pretty comfortable with both them and the teacher. It's going to be a whole different ball game now that I have to do some actual work though, and I'm not just in there to observe and help out...
I will be in a Kindergarten classroom of 18 students at an elementary school in a small PA town, and I am so excited (and extremely nervous)! Fingers crossed for a great first day tomorrow :)
-Katie
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